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Wednesday September 7th, 2011

Fashion News Roundup: An Amazing Karl Lagerfeld Interview, Lady Gaga’s “Natural” Cover, and Dolce & Gabbana’s Romantic FNO
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: An Amazing Karl Lagerfeld Interview, Lady Gaga’s “Natural” Cover, and Dolce & Gabbana’s Romantic FNO

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Lady Gaga’s “Natural” Cover: Inez and Vinoodh shot these black-and-white photos of the seemingly bare-faced singer on the October issue of Harper’s Bazaar. Looks like it came from that video they shot for her “You and I” single, no? {Harper’s Bazaar}

CFDA Sets Up “Americans In Paris” Showroom Initiative: Thanks to Tommy Hilfiger’s generosity, the CFDA is taking 10 past Fashion Fund winners, including Eddie Borgo, Pamela Love and Prabal Gurung, to Paris Fashion Week for a three-day showroom exhibition to bring international exposure to young American designers. {Racked}

Live-Stream Fashion’s Night Out Through Instagram: Can’t make it to NYC for FNO? A team of Instagram-savvy photographers is going around the city snapping all the best events which will stream onto this site starting tomorrow. Attending and want to see your photos up there? Just tweet with the hashtag #FNOlive, yours just might make it up! {FNOlive}

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Published at 2:01 PM

Monday December 6th, 2010

Fashion News Roundup: Mario Testino Photographs Kate and Wills, the Mulleavys Play Editor, and Juicy Couture To Ditch the Track Suits?
Fashion News Roundup

Fashion News Roundup: Mario Testino Photographs Kate and Wills, the Mulleavys Play Editor, and Juicy Couture To Ditch the Track Suits?

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Breaking News! Lace Is In: The New York Times reports that lace is in. Hasn’t lace been in? {New York Times}

Juicy Couture Sans Velour Track Suits Juicy Couture’s non-compete with Liz Claiborne Inc. expires in a few months and co-founders, Gela Nash-Taylor and Pamela Skaist-Levy are dropping some hints on their next venture. “It will reflect the way we dress now…We have outgrown our track suits and grown up.” {WWD subscription required}

Lula’s Latest Issue: Rodarte’s Laura and Kate Mulleavy guest edited the Fall/Winter 2010 issue of Lula, and brought on some amazing collaborators like Charlotte Gainsbourg and Nan Goldin. {Fashionologie}

A High Fashion Royal Photo Shoot: Vogue UK is reporting that Mario Testino photographed the official engagement pictures of Kate Middleton and Prince William. The shoot took place last month and the photos will be released just before Christmas. {Vogue UK}

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Published at 12:41 PM

Wednesday September 29th, 2010

Juicy Couture Hires American Eagle’s Head Designer
The Business

Juicy Couture Hires American Eagle’s Head Designer

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If you love Juicy Couture’s velour track suits–no judging, we promise–but find $196 price tag a bit jarring, good news:

Liz Claiborne, the company that now owns Juicy Couture and kicked out founders Gela Nash-Taylor and Pamela Skaist-Levy about a year ago, has hired American Eagle’s chief design officer LeAnn Nealz to head up the brand, reports WWD.

It can be deduced that her role will not only be to update the brand’s image, but also to make it even more mass than it already is. Which hopefully means slightly lower prices.

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Published at 12:30 PM

Wednesday April 21st, 2010

Friday April 2nd, 2010

Bird Vs. Bird

Bird Vs. Bird

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In 2006, Elizabeth Carey started a line of handbags. She’s based out of LA, but her British husband (at the time) called her Bird (as Brits often do), and she named her brand after her nickname. She was featured in Elle, picked up by Net-a-Porter and her bags were carried by one celebrity after another. Read more →

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Thursday January 28th, 2010

The Business

Juicy Couture’s Founders Step Back With Its Cultural Moment Long Gone

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Juicy Couture’s dynamic co-founders Gela Nash-Taylor and Pamela Skaist-Levy are stepping down as creative directors. When I contacted Liz Claiborne regarding this morning’s NY Post story suggesting the duo were leaving the company, they sent me a statement from CEO Bill McComb. Along with insisting that the founders are not “unhappy with the design direction,” Read more →

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Published at 5:39 PM